adoptive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of parents and children; related by adoption
adoptive parents
Related & opposite
- biological antonym
- adopt derivation
- surrogate similar to
Sense 2 adjective
acquired as your own by free choice
my adopted state
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | biological |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adopt |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | native |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adopt |